The Sydney Opera House using HDR processing.

RB (Andrew) · #1 18-04-2007, 02:47 PM

Last night I managed to get some time off down around Circular Quay and decided to capture some of the city's landmarks.

Here's the Sydney Opera House captured using the HDR (High Dynamic Range) technique in PS.

Image consists of ten individual frames with exposures ranging from 30 seconds down to 2 sec.

Canon 20D, EF 24-105mm set at 50mm, ISO 100, f/6.3.

Hope you like it, the full size tiff image looks stunning !

rogerg (Roger) · #2 18-04-2007, 02:52 PM

Very nice

ving (David) · #3 18-04-2007, 03:01 PM

nice how with hdr you have achieved an even light accross the opera house.
good shot!

iceman (Mike) · #4 18-04-2007, 03:19 PM

Wow that's amazing! Excellent shot Andrew! Great to see you out shooting again.

Ingo · #5 18-04-2007, 03:56 PM

Looks fantastic.

I can't wait to get my hands on the 24-105 F4L tomorrow

nightsky · #6 18-04-2007, 04:03 PM

G'Day Andrew,
That is absolutely brilliant,I've never ever seen such a good pic of the Opera House taken at night

congratulations m8 top shot,and worth framing
Cheers
Arthur

sheeny (Al) · #7 18-04-2007, 04:37 PM

That is superb!

Al.

okiscopey (Mike) · #8 18-04-2007, 05:07 PM

Fantastic shot Andrew. Must try this HDR stuff one of these days! I wonder if the SOH folks would be interested in your picture?

The tiles on the SOH roof are sort of off-white from memory (at least as seen in daylight, and probably similarly white to the eye at night?), so I tried Photoshop's 'white point' thingey on the brightest bit of the tiles. Probably ruined the DR but gives a different look and feel to the whole thing.

Hope you don't mind me fiddling with the image, I didn't save it anywhere!

RB (Andrew) · #9 18-04-2007, 07:33 PM

Thanks everyone, I'm glad you liked it.
It's great fun playing around with HDR.

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Originally Posted by Ingo

Looks fantastic.
I can't wait to get my hands on the 24-105 F4L tomorrow

Ingo, you're gonna LOVE the 24-105 F4L !!

Quote:

Originally Posted by nightsky

G'Day Andrew,
That is absolutely brilliant,I've never ever seen such a good pic of the Opera House taken at night

congratulations m8 top shot,and worth framing
Cheers
Arthur

Thank you so much Arthur, I'm delighted that you enjoyed it.

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Originally Posted by okiscopey

Fantastic shot Andrew. Must try this HDR stuff one of these days! I wonder if the SOH folks would be interested in your picture?

The tiles on the SOH roof are sort of off-white from memory (at least as seen in daylight, and probably similarly white to the eye at night?), so I tried Photoshop's 'white point' thingey on the brightest bit of the tiles. Probably ruined the DR but gives a different look and feel to the whole thing.

Hope you don't mind me fiddling with the image, I didn't save it anywhere!

I love it Mike, looks great, and I don't mind at all.
Last night it looked a little dull, not sure if it was fully lit up but all my other single shot images turned out like your version, and I like it like that too.
I suppose the HDR process does equalize the levels so the highlights don't blow out too much.

Thanks again everyone.
I'll post my other shots once I finish processing them.

Dennis · #10 18-04-2007, 07:46 PM

Hmm, the name Ansel Adams springs to mind. What a beautiful, atmospheric photograph.

Cheers

Dennis

acropolite (Phil) · #11 18-04-2007, 09:49 PM

Lovely shot RB, might have to give HDR a go myself.

petal666 · #12 19-04-2007, 08:23 AM

Sweet.

74tuc · #13 10-05-2007, 08:13 PM

Hi Andrew,

I was looking through the photos in this section and saw this photo and the "Night at the ....... Opera" ones.

Technically brilliant!! and professional ..... Give up your day Job!!!

Regards,

Jerry.

davidpretorius · #14 10-05-2007, 10:23 PM

**** that is stunning.........i am gobsmacked............oops and realized i am not on SCP

nightsky · #15 10-05-2007, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by davidpretorius

**** that is stunning.........i am gobsmacked............oops and realized i am not on SCP

yeah!! watch it M8

RB (Andrew) · #16 11-05-2007, 02:44 AM

Very much appreciated fellas, glad you like it.

avandonk · #17 14-06-2007, 09:58 AM

Hi RB saw this on Roger Clarks site. Maybe we should try a southern hemisphere object. I can send you a high resolution image if you want to try it in PS.

Bert

petal666 · #18 14-06-2007, 10:09 AM

Post that elsewhere and people would think that it was real.

avandonk · #19 14-06-2007, 10:27 AM

Here are a couple of possibles. The Carina image could be rotated 90deg clockwise.

Bert

RB (Andrew) · #20 14-06-2007, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by avandonk

Hi RB saw this on Roger Clarks site. Maybe we should try a southern hemisphere object. I can send you a high resolution image if you want to try it in PS.

Bert

Quote:

Originally Posted by petal666

Post that elsewhere and people would think that it was real.

That's an interesting idea Bert, I'd love to try it, yes send it through.
This particular shot though is a bit too surreal for me.
I prefer to keep the shots in proportion.
If an accurate widefield was taken using the same F.L it would be better, ie both at 65mm.
I would still love a copy of your beautiful LMC and Carina though, send me a link.
I'd love to try HDR on some bright astro targets, you've inspired me to give it a go.